nocomment.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Remove 'comment' lines starting with '#'
# Author:  Yotam Medini  [email protected] -- Created: 2005/October/03
import sys

# Check for 2 parameters
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    sys.stderr.write("I should be called with 2 parameters!\n")
    sys.stderr.write("Usage:  %s <oldfile> <newfile>\n" % sys.argv[0])
    sys.exit(1)

# Open files
fold = open(sys.argv[1], 'r') # open for read
fnew = open(sys.argv[2], 'w') # open for write

line = fold.readline()
while line != '': # we did not finish reading
    if line[0] != '#':
        fnew.write(line)
    line = fold.readline()

fold.close()
fnew.close()
sys.exit(0)